Esther 2:15

Abihail Esther's father is mentioned again in Esther 9:29. In both places the LXX. reads Aminadab, which is its equivalent for Abinadab. The object of introducing again at this point the description of Esther's connexion with Mordecai seems to be to call attention to the contrast between the modesty of her requirements and those of her companions on an occasion on which so much depended, and which would in all likelihood prove unique for each one. Her -requiring nothing" served to emphasize the attractions of her person, and thus was intended to be reckoned to the credit of the Jewish nation.